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both romney and obama believe in supporting the opposition. the administration has provided nonlethal and humanitarian assistance, it's also worked with our allies who are providing all sorts of support to the opposition which, by the way, is what mitt romney said he would do in working with countries like qatar, turkey and saudi arabia and other ways. but i think this administration has also recognized that the most important thing we can do is try to create a unified political opposition so that when the assad regime fall, we'll have as smooth a transition as possible. rushing in with military options without a clear exit strategy which, by the way, mitt romney said on "60 minutes" would be the way he would think about military affairs, the president understands we have to be cautious about it. because there are many ways in which we could make the situation worse rather than better, and our first obligation is to try and get the political and diplomatic context right so you can have as smooth a transition as possible while also putting pres
both romney and obama believe in supporting the opposition. the administration has provided nonlethal and humanitarian assistance, it's also worked with our allies who are providing all sorts of support to the opposition which, by the way, is what mitt romney said he would do in working with countries like qatar, turkey and saudi arabia and other ways. but i think this administration has also recognized that the most important thing we can do is try to create a unified political opposition so...
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economic advisers from both the obama and romney campaigns will take part in the discussion. you can watch that starting at 2:30 eastern live on our companion network, c-span. and there is more from campaign 2012 later this evening. we show you the recent debate between candidates for u.s. senate from virginia, former republican senator george allen is up against former virginia governor, tim kaine, a democrat. you can see this debate at 8 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday, october 3rd. the "newshour"'s jim lehrerer moderates from the university or of denver. watch and engage with c-span including our preview starting at 7 p.m. followed by the domestic policy debate at 9. and postdebate, your reaction and comments, calls, e-mails and tweets. follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. in. >> you're trying to encourage developers to really think about what information they truly need to make the app functional. so, for instance, if you're play
economic advisers from both the obama and romney campaigns will take part in the discussion. you can watch that starting at 2:30 eastern live on our companion network, c-span. and there is more from campaign 2012 later this evening. we show you the recent debate between candidates for u.s. senate from virginia, former republican senator george allen is up against former virginia governor, tim kaine, a democrat. you can see this debate at 8 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> the first...
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between romney and obama, they are both in the pinocchio rains. average, there's not that much difference. for the republican primary candidates, there were some that were higher than others. michele bachman i think had the highest. >> ready we had a self-imposed mission all -- michele bachman quota. >> again, you don't know what it necessarily tells you. it's just kind of a fun thing to look at. but it does provide links to every single fact check i or my colleague have done for all the presidential candidates. >> here. >> excuse me. >> good morning. david, george mason university. in the campaign so far both candidates are in vulnerable positions of being challenged on flip-flops' of positions or promises not kept. and i've noticed so far that the tendency of both governor romney and president obama were challenged by a voter or a journalist is to not attempt to say well, the facts have changed. the facts are different. the fact is i look at now are not the facts that existed when that was my belief. instead, there are sort of various levels of
between romney and obama, they are both in the pinocchio rains. average, there's not that much difference. for the republican primary candidates, there were some that were higher than others. michele bachman i think had the highest. >> ready we had a self-imposed mission all -- michele bachman quota. >> again, you don't know what it necessarily tells you. it's just kind of a fun thing to look at. but it does provide links to every single fact check i or my colleague have done for...
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the focus of the last of their three debates was supposed to be foreign policy but both romney and obama used their time to talk about the issues most important to voters, jobs, the economy and the budget. they talked about the auto bailouts, school class sizes and romney's tax plan. at several points cbs's bob schiefer who served as moderator tried to bring them back to foreign affairs and national security but sometimes to no avail. and it goes on to say here, that, that, mr. romney, got more assertive as the evening went on. throughout the debate obama seemed eager and ready to take the fight to his opponent and using his experience to draw contrasts with the challenger at times when romney offered pointed criticism of his policies, obama glared directly at him. romney's central critique the president has been weak in the face of a rising tide of chaos and tumult in the world. when obama charged that romney has been all over the map in his policies the challenger responded by saying, attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle
the focus of the last of their three debates was supposed to be foreign policy but both romney and obama used their time to talk about the issues most important to voters, jobs, the economy and the budget. they talked about the auto bailouts, school class sizes and romney's tax plan. at several points cbs's bob schiefer who served as moderator tried to bring them back to foreign affairs and national security but sometimes to no avail. and it goes on to say here, that, that, mr. romney, got more...
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i think we also have to begin the discussion with the fact that what has been said i both mitt romney and paul ryan and all of the republicans that the affordable care act, affordable care act hurt medicare, is also a nonstarter for us because they know what the reality is. one is that republicans and paul ryan use the same $700 billion in cuts to shoot insurance covers and providers in their budget. what we've done is put ourselves on a path towards greater solvency and medicare, towards containing the rate of growth and cost of medicare, to improve delivery system reform. so if we can start with a discussion of how we best reduce the cost in medicare, which is through delivery system reforms, that is important to all of us. that can also have an effect on the private sector and reducing costs for health coverage are all americans. but it's got to start with a different premise and we are far apart from the prince. and, of course, republicans a racially walked away, incumbents walked away from the original vote for the ryan budget but then they voted again and now many of them have e
i think we also have to begin the discussion with the fact that what has been said i both mitt romney and paul ryan and all of the republicans that the affordable care act, affordable care act hurt medicare, is also a nonstarter for us because they know what the reality is. one is that republicans and paul ryan use the same $700 billion in cuts to shoot insurance covers and providers in their budget. what we've done is put ourselves on a path towards greater solvency and medicare, towards...
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in fact, this is one those air issues where both president obama and governor romney agree. don't let the interest rate go up from 3.4% to 6.8%. so today we called a motion to proceed, which literally means that we would begin debate on the student loan interest rate bill to keep it at 3.4% and not let it double july 1. we heard from both sides of the aisle that everyone agreed we had to do this. sounded pretty easy. then the vote was called, and at the end of the vote, not one single republican senator would vote to proceed to the debate on the bill. not one. one senator, senator snowe, voted present. every other republican senator voted no. those who were present voted no. how did this become a partisan issue? we have president obama and governor romney agreeing, most americans agreeing we don't want the cost of student loans to go up and it falls flat on its face on the floor at noon today. not a single republican would vote for it. i don't swro understand it. they say we don't like the way you pay for it. it costs $6 billion to lower this interest rate that we would othe
in fact, this is one those air issues where both president obama and governor romney agree. don't let the interest rate go up from 3.4% to 6.8%. so today we called a motion to proceed, which literally means that we would begin debate on the student loan interest rate bill to keep it at 3.4% and not let it double july 1. we heard from both sides of the aisle that everyone agreed we had to do this. sounded pretty easy. then the vote was called, and at the end of the vote, not one single...
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the role of the vice president changed considerably and i think that both i would give credit to romney and obama for picking a vice presidential nominee that cannot only help them get elected but could help them gerch. i think they are responsible selections in that respect. and i think no matter who wins this. we're going see either ryan or biden play a significant role or the next four years. >> we of course, previewing the upcome vice presidential debate taking place on the campus of centere college. let me share with both of you one of the moment from february 2010 during the height of the health care debate a meeting took place that bare house across the street from the white house and comment by then congressman paul ryan on the health care bill and the vice president. >> the bill has ten years of tax increases about a half trail collars. with ten years of medicare cuts about half trillion dollars to pay for six years of spending. what's the true ten year cost of the bill? that's $2.3 trillion. it does a couple of other things. it takes $52 billion in higher social security tax r
the role of the vice president changed considerably and i think that both i would give credit to romney and obama for picking a vice presidential nominee that cannot only help them get elected but could help them gerch. i think they are responsible selections in that respect. and i think no matter who wins this. we're going see either ryan or biden play a significant role or the next four years. >> we of course, previewing the upcome vice presidential debate taking place on the campus of...
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you had romney going after, for example, the latina who's on the supreme court very gratuitously. didn't need to, but somehow trying to bait his base. and i thought it was crazy until i realized what the republicans apparently have decided to do is they're not going to go after that vote. instead, their going to -- they're going to try to keep minorities from voting, and those were the laws he was referring to. and it's not just the new identification laws. those are crazy enough, but cutting back on voter registration, not allowing a vote on sundays when they know that black churches used to turn out their congregations. all of these things, you know, shutting down. it's so difficult to register people in florida to vote legally because you have to turn in your registrations at a certain hour of the day almost, it's so complicated to understand. even the league of women voters is saying they're not going to do voter registration in florida. all of that is very intentional. all of that with, you know, the attack on unions in wisconsin and across to try to defund the unions, the un
you had romney going after, for example, the latina who's on the supreme court very gratuitously. didn't need to, but somehow trying to bait his base. and i thought it was crazy until i realized what the republicans apparently have decided to do is they're not going to go after that vote. instead, their going to -- they're going to try to keep minorities from voting, and those were the laws he was referring to. and it's not just the new identification laws. those are crazy enough, but cutting...
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they are both spanish-language spots. [laughter] those are the only two positive spots in rotation now. one spot by obama which i think has aired 21 times, another spot by romney which has also aired a handful of times are the only positive spots that are on the air now. so it's not 100%, but it's pretty darn close. i think you're going to continue to see an intense negative focus by the obama campaign on romney. it's going to be interesting to see if the romney campaign changes that up a little bit, because they're also going to need to introduce their person. last point why i'm very excited about this, um, and i guess i can say this now because i have tenure, right? the big mistake in all of my work on political advertising and the big mistake of many people who cover it is we were just counting bombs. this many ads, this many ads. where, of course, different ads we might think have different qualities and different effects. one ad could be worth more than another ad. and so in all the geeky models i used to do, an ad w
they are both spanish-language spots. [laughter] those are the only two positive spots in rotation now. one spot by obama which i think has aired 21 times, another spot by romney which has also aired a handful of times are the only positive spots that are on the air now. so it's not 100%, but it's pretty darn close. i think you're going to continue to see an intense negative focus by the obama campaign on romney. it's going to be interesting to see if the romney campaign changes that up a...
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less like himself, kind of backing down a little bit. >> president obama and romney both villa to say anything about small businesses, what are they going to do? >> obama did very well tonight. i think out of all three presidential debates, this by far was a stronger showing. he was extremely presidential. he was direct to the point, straightforward and very assertive. he caught it and some of his equivocations of such prowess and being so polite that it's almost admirable to watch our president continued to defend his policies of the last four years. >> a live picture here at the museum in washington d.c., where in just a few minutes, three notable political journalists are in the bipartisan policy center for a conversation on covering presidential campaigns. judy woodruff, gwen ifill and candy crowley have all served as moderators for presidential and vice presidential debates. crowley moderated this year's town hall style debate between president obama and mitt romney. ifill have done to bp debates. the first 2004 with dick cheney and john edwards in the second 2008 between joe bid
less like himself, kind of backing down a little bit. >> president obama and romney both villa to say anything about small businesses, what are they going to do? >> obama did very well tonight. i think out of all three presidential debates, this by far was a stronger showing. he was extremely presidential. he was direct to the point, straightforward and very assertive. he caught it and some of his equivocations of such prowess and being so polite that it's almost admirable to watch...
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what does this poll tell us about how americans are struggling with the balance between leadership both unilateralism, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to feel that priorities are here at homesome. >> well, that's exactly the right question, tammy, because i think struggling with ambivalence, tension, even contradiction is the heart of the matter. and let me try to unpack that. i'm going to offer four broad generalizations about the state of american public opinion on these questions in general, and then i will end where shibley ended, with some brief comments on the syrian issue. first, let me just make a technical polling note. and that is that this is a survey of adults. it's not a survey of registered voters, let alone likely voters. and so there are some, there are some differences as you impose increasingly demanding screens on adults. and these, these results will probably pick up more young people, more people who are more weakly connected to the political system. and in this election year, i think that difference between adults and actual voters may turn out to be
what does this poll tell us about how americans are struggling with the balance between leadership both unilateralism, intervention, nonintervention as they continue to feel that priorities are here at homesome. >> well, that's exactly the right question, tammy, because i think struggling with ambivalence, tension, even contradiction is the heart of the matter. and let me try to unpack that. i'm going to offer four broad generalizations about the state of american public opinion on these...
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are washington insiders who can't fix the problems the way an outsider like romney can. you know, when you look at the continuum of these ad you begin to think, oh, god, nothing ever changes in american politics. it's unbelievable how the arguments are exactly the same. but in a way, i think when i looked at those ads of the -- the daisy ad in particular and the early ones, they were so much more inventive. i mean, one of the things about mccarthy's ad is a negative ad-maker is they're relevantly kind of predictive narratives. the narratives is not that exciting, not that funny. it's basically a bar brawl. you know, one big slap right to the jaw and not too subtle. >> in your article i was very interested because mccarthy is just kind of a normal guy. he doesn't seem to have, you know -- tell us a little bit more about him? >> well, yeah, i was expecting -- you never know what you're going to find when you start to do a profile of someone and i was expecting kind of dr. evil and a hater and somebody who just reveled in anger and people kept telling me -- i'd call them up
are washington insiders who can't fix the problems the way an outsider like romney can. you know, when you look at the continuum of these ad you begin to think, oh, god, nothing ever changes in american politics. it's unbelievable how the arguments are exactly the same. but in a way, i think when i looked at those ads of the -- the daisy ad in particular and the early ones, they were so much more inventive. i mean, one of the things about mccarthy's ad is a negative ad-maker is they're...
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romney has both used the line and been a target of it and which i find amusing. of course this claim, if you go back and read our story this claim originated with a frank luntz memo that basically urged the house republicans to use this line to describe the health care law, in particular what was then in the, in the bill, the public option. the option that there would be a government-run program as part of the health care exchanges and that of course got removed from the final bill but the line worked so well that the republicans kept on using it and it of course conjured images of a european-style socialalized medicine system and was a, was a very inaccurate way to describe a health care law that really relies overwhelmingly on private industry, on private health insurance companies providing coverage and health care exchanges themselves are really marketplaces where private health care providers compete. so to describe the law as a government takeover of health care was just ridiculously false. on the democratic side, and i mentioned this is more from democrats
romney has both used the line and been a target of it and which i find amusing. of course this claim, if you go back and read our story this claim originated with a frank luntz memo that basically urged the house republicans to use this line to describe the health care law, in particular what was then in the, in the bill, the public option. the option that there would be a government-run program as part of the health care exchanges and that of course got removed from the final bill but the line...
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let's listen to more comments made by mitt romney yesterday. this is his take on president obama's policy. >> america as a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history written by patriots of both parties. this is america at its best. it is the standard by which we measure every president does so is anyone who wishes to be president. unfortunately, this president's policies have not been able to our best examples of world leadership and nowhere is this more evident than in the middle east. i want to be very clear, the blame for the murder of her people in libya and attacks on our embassies and so many other countries lies solely with those who carry them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy. unfortunately, that is where we find ourselves in the middle east under president obama. >> host: macron in virginia history outlined his foreign policy strategy and criticizi
let's listen to more comments made by mitt romney yesterday. this is his take on president obama's policy. >> america as a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history written by patriots of both parties. this is america at its best. it is the standard by which we measure every president does so is anyone who wishes to be president. unfortunately, this president's policies have not been able to our best examples of world leadership and nowhere is this more...
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with us in june at the naleo conference when both president obama and governor romney appeared before the constituency of latino appointed officials and in fact there were only two conferences this summer in which both candidates appeared, naleo and the veterans of foreign wars. how have the campaigns it falls? we had a similar conversation in june. here we are two weeks from election. the election. how have these campaigns evolved? >> i think president obama's campaign has done historically well with latinos and i think the way his campaign is evolving is exactly the way i would have hoped it would have and that is why you were seeing even expanding support among latinos to more than 70% which is incredibly historic. i was in my car the other day and i heard the ad where he is speaking totally in spanish for 30 seconds. >> you tweeted about that ana. >> i thought it was a brilliant ad. he speaks very well and my daughter said mama, she was so excited and wanted to continue to hear it over and over again. i brought it up on line and let her listen to it. >> that is child abuse. >> she
with us in june at the naleo conference when both president obama and governor romney appeared before the constituency of latino appointed officials and in fact there were only two conferences this summer in which both candidates appeared, naleo and the veterans of foreign wars. how have the campaigns it falls? we had a similar conversation in june. here we are two weeks from election. the election. how have these campaigns evolved? >> i think president obama's campaign has done...
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the president supports it, governor romney supports it, a bipartisan majority in both the house and senate support it. giften this kind of agreement, i see no reason why both sides could not have a good-faith discussion on where to find $6 billion in savings in a government with a budget that spends nearly $2 trillion annually. actually, we spend more than $2 trillion annually. i would mention that this bill has not been to committee. i hope that the american people have noticed that bills that go to committee and then come to the floor are usually successful. i hope they've also noticed that bills thew don't gbills that doe and then come to the floor are not successful. it is what we have here today. you bring a bill that you know the other side -- well, in fact this other body has already voted on this concept of this tax before and defeated it. but they know that we're particularly upset about this kind of discrimination against the businesses that are starting the jobs in america. so they know that with that provision in there, this common interest will fail. so why do they do it? well
the president supports it, governor romney supports it, a bipartisan majority in both the house and senate support it. giften this kind of agreement, i see no reason why both sides could not have a good-faith discussion on where to find $6 billion in savings in a government with a budget that spends nearly $2 trillion annually. actually, we spend more than $2 trillion annually. i would mention that this bill has not been to committee. i hope that the american people have noticed that bills that...
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governor romney a think his aspirations are less realistic but nonetheless they are both looking at defense plans that are going to need to be rethought in some way. he needs some innovation in how we deal with defense problems. sometimes it's going to be old-fashioned issues just sort of tightening belts and in other cases it may mean new innovative ways on operating on military forces. instead of expecting the navy fleet to get better we may have to find a way to make do with it staying at its current size are being smaller and one way you do that as is this idea of having crews fly from the united states to overseas operating theaters to replace each other to a policy sometimes called cruise swaps or think swaps. it's hard to do and in fairness to the navy it's already been done on some ships and in fairness to the navy so i think that's the kind of idea that needs to be expanded and generalize because we need more innovative ways of using late lamented -- limited sources of what we are to have. >> going forward regardless of who is president the administration may change but the math re
governor romney a think his aspirations are less realistic but nonetheless they are both looking at defense plans that are going to need to be rethought in some way. he needs some innovation in how we deal with defense problems. sometimes it's going to be old-fashioned issues just sort of tightening belts and in other cases it may mean new innovative ways on operating on military forces. instead of expecting the navy fleet to get better we may have to find a way to make do with it staying at...
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it was striking during the campaign that both, in the debates that both president obama and mitt romney agreed on lowering the corporate rate. it's the highest in the world. they had to bring that down. they didn't agree on every last issue concerning that, but they certainly had the general idea in common. and so i think as we look to fiscal cliffs and grand bargains and so on, there is some considerable grounds for optimism that a corporate tax agreement will be in the package. as for disagreements, the one that immediately leaps to mind is energy. keystone pipeline. i think that was -- if you had to sum up, you know, the mitt romney energy agenda and the house and congressional republican energy agenda, it begins with the k word, keystone pipeline and look to see what happens on that one. sort of to use the old isaac as move analogy, we've got the irresistible force of energy consumption and the immovable opposition of co2 and global warming which, obviously, got a boost in the wake of hurricane sandy, and we'll just have to see what happens. another category was -- things that didn'
it was striking during the campaign that both, in the debates that both president obama and mitt romney agreed on lowering the corporate rate. it's the highest in the world. they had to bring that down. they didn't agree on every last issue concerning that, but they certainly had the general idea in common. and so i think as we look to fiscal cliffs and grand bargains and so on, there is some considerable grounds for optimism that a corporate tax agreement will be in the package. as for...
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. >> i'll bet you if you asked both supporters to romney folks would say obama talked longer and they -- >> president obama talked about five minutes or so. 4.5 minutes more than romney but i think romney's -- romney was better. less was more. the side of the room, yes sir? >> my name is ben salisbury. i was wondering if you have seen in the close senate races any difference between races where the republicans are associated with the tea party and if not, maybe how turnout would affect that? >> that is, there are a lot of important races in november. not just the presidential and i think, i don't know the answer because what i was thinking was there were a lot of very close senate races that charlie was talking about in states that from my perspective that ron is probably going to win like indiana, missouri, north dakota, arizona. probably more. there are four states where democratic senate candidates are running very competitively with republicans in republican states and some are even ahead. i just did a battleground survey in indiana with a republican pollster and joe donnelly was
. >> i'll bet you if you asked both supporters to romney folks would say obama talked longer and they -- >> president obama talked about five minutes or so. 4.5 minutes more than romney but i think romney's -- romney was better. less was more. the side of the room, yes sir? >> my name is ben salisbury. i was wondering if you have seen in the close senate races any difference between races where the republicans are associated with the tea party and if not, maybe how turnout...
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, 34% say both. this is a campaign. this is what the american people are seeing, feeling and reacting to and neal has some dramatic stats in terms of the stocks that are being run. next slide please. when we asked in an open ended question in the nbc wall street journal -- it is $1 and have every time i mention it so you understand my repetition. what campaign do you want? you look at this and the bigger the words of the more people said it. fix the economy. to what is best for america. focus on important issues. stop negative campaign. work together. be honest. smaller government. the american public is crying out for somebody to talk to them, somebody to communicate, somebody to give them a vision, somebody to give them a sense where we can go out of all this and all we have is a lot of slimed going back and forth. that is republicans and democrats and it is exactly the opposite of what the american public wants. let me talk about where we are. next slide. in our latest nbc wall street journal poll
, 34% say both. this is a campaign. this is what the american people are seeing, feeling and reacting to and neal has some dramatic stats in terms of the stocks that are being run. next slide please. when we asked in an open ended question in the nbc wall street journal -- it is $1 and have every time i mention it so you understand my repetition. what campaign do you want? you look at this and the bigger the words of the more people said it. fix the economy. to what is best for america. focus...
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have i have the addition ticket -- is closer to barack obama's than to mitt romney. that's number one. is that right or wrong? number two, that the one issue where you really think the republicans could blow the election is on foreign policy. is that right or wrong. >> two things. obama triple -- i'm sorry tripled the number of troops in afghanistan when he came into office. i would not align myself with obama's views on occupying other countries. and the second part, what was the second part of the last question? >> [inaudible] saying in the campaign in terms of their approach to iran, their approach po intervention, future intervention, it does sound to me -- i hope this is -- so clear that you are an antiinterventionist or very weary of intervention and that the republican party at the moment is far more sympathetic to intervention than the obama administration is. >> this is a interesting question. i wondered about it during the bush years. in the united states, there's a great american people. there's a great amazingly interesting large lack of interest in the r
have i have the addition ticket -- is closer to barack obama's than to mitt romney. that's number one. is that right or wrong? number two, that the one issue where you really think the republicans could blow the election is on foreign policy. is that right or wrong. >> two things. obama triple -- i'm sorry tripled the number of troops in afghanistan when he came into office. i would not align myself with obama's views on occupying other countries. and the second part, what was the second...
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mitt romney will affect -- now when you lose 20% of the electorate, 63 points, that is a problem and it makes sense that you would do this in light of the campaign that both candidates ran particularly the campaign that the obama campaign ran which was simply a modernization of the campaign that democrat candidates turn to in difficult times ever since the new deal coalition won in 1932. in canada, the conservative party won the most recent elections by tarnishing the leader of the political party and in a parliamentary system that is basically akin to campaigning against the presidential candidate. michael ignagni is was a harvard professor who is a canadian native who returned to his country to run for parliament and was a liberal party candidate. what they did was they systematically painted him as somebody who by his experience and ideas was out of touch with the aspiration of the ordinary canadian and their television ads had a tagline that was brutal and sustained. he did not come back for you. the obama campaign wasn't so brutal in its overt message but was as brutal in its co
mitt romney will affect -- now when you lose 20% of the electorate, 63 points, that is a problem and it makes sense that you would do this in light of the campaign that both candidates ran particularly the campaign that the obama campaign ran which was simply a modernization of the campaign that democrat candidates turn to in difficult times ever since the new deal coalition won in 1932. in canada, the conservative party won the most recent elections by tarnishing the leader of the political...
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face as a country no matter who wins this election in november is how we implement the vision that both president obama and potentially president romney talk about the recognition that the geostrategic power davis shifting towards asia and there's not much of a dispute about the countries that we need to focus more on that. but so ravee that lived in the middle east for five years that i focus on, we need to stay engaged as a leader. how do we execute that balance and economically and diplomatically while also attending to the responsibilities in the leadership role in that part of the world. that is a difficult challenge. second coming and we will talk about this, how we stay in the game when they win the elections and don't say this sort of things we would like them to do. how do we actually start the use the tools of the power diplomatically and economically and i hope we spend a lot of time working on it and then third we don't want to get too political and open to the questions and discussions with the matters here at home about how we talk about this and my biggest concern again i
face as a country no matter who wins this election in november is how we implement the vision that both president obama and potentially president romney talk about the recognition that the geostrategic power davis shifting towards asia and there's not much of a dispute about the countries that we need to focus more on that. but so ravee that lived in the middle east for five years that i focus on, we need to stay engaged as a leader. how do we execute that balance and economically and...
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apart from the fact that both you and mitt romney are republicans and therefore are on the same team, i'm very interested in knowing why specifically you belief mitt romney would be a better president for hawaii than president obama? lingle: i'm like most people in hawaii that we're very proud when a person who is born and raised here at home became president of the united states. it's true that president obama inherited a very difficult economy and a very difficult situation and he's tried and i'm sure he has done his best to make things better but it just hasn't worked. we have more people today unemployed. we have more women living in poverty today, we have more people on food stamps. governor romney is a person who has, i believe, the proper experience at this time to get our economy back on track and i think that's the number one issue facing the country. >> moderator: thank you very much, governor. representative, your rebuttal. hirono: i know that my republican opponent continues to tout that she is bipartisan but, how bipartisan was it for her to go out on the campaign trail,
apart from the fact that both you and mitt romney are republicans and therefore are on the same team, i'm very interested in knowing why specifically you belief mitt romney would be a better president for hawaii than president obama? lingle: i'm like most people in hawaii that we're very proud when a person who is born and raised here at home became president of the united states. it's true that president obama inherited a very difficult economy and a very difficult situation and he's tried and...
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, engaged, robust american foreign policy articulated from both sides. heather, there may be more difference in just tone and style; right? if governor romney proposes restarting s.t.a.r.t., resetting the reset, does this have any consequence? is this really subject of non-partisan or bipartisan consensus? if budget cuts are walked back, talking about capacity in missile defense and the limitations on american's ability to project power, is this really just about style and tone? >> well, i think in part it will be. i agree that foreign policy in the campaign is opportunistic and headline driven. i think the foreign issues that impact the economy, and this is where the sovereign debt crisis will, i believe, you know, and we pray not, but the worst case scenario, that, my friends., will have a direct impact on the election, and that is europe. in fact, i was briefing parliamentary group talking about the debt crisis, and one said wouldn't it be ironic if europe is the reason president obama doesn't get re-legislated when the economic situation becomes diff
, engaged, robust american foreign policy articulated from both sides. heather, there may be more difference in just tone and style; right? if governor romney proposes restarting s.t.a.r.t., resetting the reset, does this have any consequence? is this really subject of non-partisan or bipartisan consensus? if budget cuts are walked back, talking about capacity in missile defense and the limitations on american's ability to project power, is this really just about style and tone? >> well,...
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i think both have ways to get the 270. romney wants very much to carry ohio. by the old rule about republicans never winning the presidency without winning ohio which supports both in times when ohio had a whole lot more electoral votes than florida. 1960s, at 26 electoral votes, florida, 14. is no ohio 18, florida 29. so it's very important if not totally essential. i think hendry made the right balance on that. in the senate races, as norm said, i agree with norm's total output to the republicans are in trouble in arizona and indiana come to states were no sensible republican should be in trouble. and on the other hand, you know, it's a possibility, our member sitting down with but didn't employ peter harvey before the 1980 election, and peterson we're going to go through an exercise in see if the republicans can win a majority in the city. we are starting off with 41 seats. and we went down the list and we basically came to the conclusion yes, republicans can win but they would have to win virtually all the close races. and so it's not going to happen. well
i think both have ways to get the 270. romney wants very much to carry ohio. by the old rule about republicans never winning the presidency without winning ohio which supports both in times when ohio had a whole lot more electoral votes than florida. 1960s, at 26 electoral votes, florida, 14. is no ohio 18, florida 29. so it's very important if not totally essential. i think hendry made the right balance on that. in the senate races, as norm said, i agree with norm's total output to the...
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there's so many ads this year, the romney and obama ads take a snippet of footage in replay to try to predict who the opponent. but this ad does both things sinister effect is. >> an orthopedic surgeon. >> president clinton, creating opportunity for children. $10,000 of college tuition tax-deductible, making most community college is free. gingrich tried to cut scholarships. >> will dominate the department of education. >> president clinton, building a bridge to the 21st century. >> another good example. this is a decent film editing. these children that evoke all of our hopes and dreams and then cut the department of education,
there's so many ads this year, the romney and obama ads take a snippet of footage in replay to try to predict who the opponent. but this ad does both things sinister effect is. >> an orthopedic surgeon. >> president clinton, creating opportunity for children. $10,000 of college tuition tax-deductible, making most community college is free. gingrich tried to cut scholarships. >> will dominate the department of education. >> president clinton, building a bridge to the 21st...
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mitt romney and president of, to say what they are going to do to stop the war in congress. >> my name is tom at hofstra university the most important issue is the job market. i want to know if there is a job for me out there when i graduate. >> senator jon tester and republican congressman are competing in of the closest senate races in the country. the cook political report has it as a tossup. this hourlong debate is courtesy of montana pds. >> moderator: good evening and welcome to tonight's u.s. senate debate sponsored by the billings gazette communications and montana state university killings. i am steve, editor of the gazette and moderator of tonight's forum. many thanks to the billings chancellor, director of university relations dan carver and many others for partnering with us and provide the perfect venue for this exchange of opinions and ideas between representative denny rehberg republican from billings and jon tester. three veteran montana reporters last tonight's questions. from left to right, mike denison is a reporter and a visit state bureau in helena. tom lutey a rep
mitt romney and president of, to say what they are going to do to stop the war in congress. >> my name is tom at hofstra university the most important issue is the job market. i want to know if there is a job for me out there when i graduate. >> senator jon tester and republican congressman are competing in of the closest senate races in the country. the cook political report has it as a tossup. this hourlong debate is courtesy of montana pds. >> moderator: good evening and...
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if they attend college or enroll in the military of governor romney and senator santorum l have both said they would veto this legislation. would you do the same? >> no, i would work to get a sign bl version which would be the military component. i think any young person living in the united states who happened to have been brought here by their parents when they were very young should have the same opportunity to join the american military and earn citizenship which they would have had from back home. we have a clear provision ha if you -- that if you live in a foreign country and you're prepared to join the american military, you can, n., earn the right to citizenship by serving the united states. i would have that part of the dream act i would support. i would not support the part that simply says everybody who goes to college is automatically waived for having broken the law. >> questioning continues. >> i just note that's the same position that i have, and that is i would not sign the dream act as it currently exists, but i would sign the dream act if it were focused on military
if they attend college or enroll in the military of governor romney and senator santorum l have both said they would veto this legislation. would you do the same? >> no, i would work to get a sign bl version which would be the military component. i think any young person living in the united states who happened to have been brought here by their parents when they were very young should have the same opportunity to join the american military and earn citizenship which they would have had...
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at both convention we will see both governor romney and president obama talking about what would be covered in their terms, if elected. host: wayne is a republican caller. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. first of all, i think, should get behind hovde. he has been a great governor, nothing against the guy. neumann has always come across as only a professional candidate. hovde, if you watch him in the interviews and all that, he can go to washington and have two terms and get out of there before washington owns them. you are going to start believing you are god. there is no way around that. tammy baldwin, she should not see a vote. in terms of the health care law and how it would it affect my family -- i got one form letter back from her early on. probably late 2009, early 2010, one form letter. that was it. otherwise, the three other times i contacted her, absolutely nothing. hovde is the guy, i think you wisconsin would do well to send him out to washington. guest: these are interesting comment about how you think tommy thompson should back up hovde. conservative activis
at both convention we will see both governor romney and president obama talking about what would be covered in their terms, if elected. host: wayne is a republican caller. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. first of all, i think, should get behind hovde. he has been a great governor, nothing against the guy. neumann has always come across as only a professional candidate. hovde, if you watch him in the interviews and all that, he can go to washington and have two terms and get...
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mitt romney made over $100 million by shutting down power plant and devastated our lives. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like hoping my own coffin, and it just made me sick. >> priorities u.s.a. action is responsible for the content. >> out of the blue when they were told to build -- >> so pretty powerful add, powerful because it's a real story. powerful because it sets the table is a set in terms of what mitt romney's priorities were peered out from a visual perspective, this ad was seen shooting the visitors 2 million times on youtube and most impressively, it was seen in the swing states. so this is the kind of advertising we decided to run in swing states, particularly in a place like ohio, for example, where blue-collar downscale boaters were looking for this kind of information and saw the priorities of mitt romney and i think this is very important as setting the stage for the rest of the campaign. i will show you one more added and i promise to shut out. it is not on not d., negative. some of it was gone. here is one we did leading up to the olympi
mitt romney made over $100 million by shutting down power plant and devastated our lives. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like hoping my own coffin, and it just made me sick. >> priorities u.s.a. action is responsible for the content. >> out of the blue when they were told to build -- >> so pretty powerful add, powerful because it's a real story. powerful because it sets the table is a set in terms of what mitt romney's priorities were peered out from a visual...
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the romney campaign and the obama campaign someone to speak about the abilities. on issues the romney campaign chose not to attend and chose not to issue a position paper on disabilities. so i wanted to ask why, given that one out of every five americans has a disability, 51% of american likely voters has a family member with a disability, why isn't there more of a conversation about that demographic within our society and our election process? >> well i think the short answer is, in an election that is revolving around the role of government, if you are for small government why would you want to get into a conversation about people with disabilities because it implies that it's a role of government which might mean a program and might mean money so it's not in the conversation right before an election. >> i am going to step back a bit and say i think it becomes part of an exhibition around caregiving that are in fact directly important to women who are usually the caregivers. whether of children or of the older members of the family. this falls to women and so th
the romney campaign and the obama campaign someone to speak about the abilities. on issues the romney campaign chose not to attend and chose not to issue a position paper on disabilities. so i wanted to ask why, given that one out of every five americans has a disability, 51% of american likely voters has a family member with a disability, why isn't there more of a conversation about that demographic within our society and our election process? >> well i think the short answer is, in an...
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romney was clearly dead in the water, just not moving. he was that far behind before the first debate. it looks like a really hard three to five points. and you got a sense and i had a chance to look at what wal-mart moms focus groups and focus groups that peter hart does at the university of pennsylvania university of pennsylvania that he sent around the country some others. i got the distinct impression that a lot of the undecided that were out there, they were enormously dissolution, disappointed and president obama. they clearly didn't want to vote for in, but they didn't seem to be as curious. some of them didn't seem to be really hope the money considering romney. they sort of didn't want to vote for one guy, but they were paying that much attention. he didn't get the impression they were really paying attention. i think he was dead in the water. first debate, romney did well. the president show up. i love jay leno sign that the only people that the president won the first debate with the nfl replacement reps. that seemed to just ab
romney was clearly dead in the water, just not moving. he was that far behind before the first debate. it looks like a really hard three to five points. and you got a sense and i had a chance to look at what wal-mart moms focus groups and focus groups that peter hart does at the university of pennsylvania university of pennsylvania that he sent around the country some others. i got the distinct impression that a lot of the undecided that were out there, they were enormously dissolution,...
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look, the image that was created after mitt romney both on the comedy shows and then in the traditional media and of course by the ads is that mitt romney was kind of stiff but also a super rich guy that doesn't really know what it's like to be an average person and that's what you hear in the focus groups especially he asks what would mitt romney be like as a neighbor? they said things like ensure he would be nice and pleasant but i don't think i would be good enough to be invited to his house. he's going to have a really big house and i would be embarrassed bringing the casserole over. >> who did they say they would like to have come to a backyard cookout respect you know who this is. who did they want? joe biden because he would bring the area have a great time. [laughter] -- guelzo of bill clinton to come by. they love bill clinton and joe biden and they think that, you know charlie's point is right on that's why this race isn't over and why it is so close that it's the fact the door did open during those debates and there are a lot of people getting a second look at what they see f
look, the image that was created after mitt romney both on the comedy shows and then in the traditional media and of course by the ads is that mitt romney was kind of stiff but also a super rich guy that doesn't really know what it's like to be an average person and that's what you hear in the focus groups especially he asks what would mitt romney be like as a neighbor? they said things like ensure he would be nice and pleasant but i don't think i would be good enough to be invited to his...
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both mitt romney and ron paul have released statements of support. we're going to show you the comments this evening at 8 eastern on c-span. >>> next up here on c-span2, economists give their assessment of the fiscal state of the u.s. calling on congress to address the debt and deficit. we'll hear remarks from former federal reserve vice chairman alice rivlin as well as house budget committee ranking member chris van hollen. this was part of an all-day forum hosted by the bloomberg summit. this is an hour. >> and with that, we are beginning with the central issue, again, in this presidential election year, the state of the economy, tailwinds and headwinds. my colleague, dan moss, is going to be moderating that panel discussion, and if he and his guests could come up on stage, i'll do a quick introduction, and they'll get this show on the road. first of all, dan is an executive editor of bloomberg news responsible not only for government, but also economics at bloomberg, and we have here, as you can see, two of our panelists, robert engel and michael
both mitt romney and ron paul have released statements of support. we're going to show you the comments this evening at 8 eastern on c-span. >>> next up here on c-span2, economists give their assessment of the fiscal state of the u.s. calling on congress to address the debt and deficit. we'll hear remarks from former federal reserve vice chairman alice rivlin as well as house budget committee ranking member chris van hollen. this was part of an all-day forum hosted by the bloomberg...
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both campaigns, the romney campaign is particularly in the last few days has said that during the debates they're going to fact check live which sometimes can mean just saying something isn't true when it is true or saying something is true when it isn't true. and i think that because the speed has really increased, there's a lot more for reporters to do. um, there's also the issue i mentioned about money and spending and keeping an eye on that. i think there's some great work that's being done in tracking spending and donors and figuring it out. but there's also a lot more money on the table because of citizens united. so that's a real challenge. and in some ways to bring the optimism and pessimism together about this, i think that this might be the election cycle where both sides -- it's become clear what the tools are for both sides. there's money, there's media access, there's social media, there's ways to quickly get information out and really ask questions. and the last few weeks before people actually vote, we're going to see how well each side uses those tools. although i don't kn
both campaigns, the romney campaign is particularly in the last few days has said that during the debates they're going to fact check live which sometimes can mean just saying something isn't true when it is true or saying something is true when it isn't true. and i think that because the speed has really increased, there's a lot more for reporters to do. um, there's also the issue i mentioned about money and spending and keeping an eye on that. i think there's some great work that's being done...
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mitt romney campaign, as you both know, struggling with the release of videotape yesterday where he commented that there is 47% americans who in his words see themselves as victims who deserve handouts. this has sparked a lot of discussion about the government's role in our lives. are too many americans including the middle class dependent on government tough make their lives better? hassan: i want that family to do more than wonder when they get in the morning. i want them to be able to go to our community college and get retrained the whale -- the way a worker who was laid off told me he was going to college. that takes some help from the state government. the legislature that you supported, the tea party legislator. that the community college system budget. you cannot have it both ways. if you want a vibrant system, a vibrant place so that our people can show what they are made of which is, the strongest, best work force, work ethic anywhere in the country, they have to have that kind of opportunity. that is our job, of course people, more and more paying federal income tax because the rec
mitt romney campaign, as you both know, struggling with the release of videotape yesterday where he commented that there is 47% americans who in his words see themselves as victims who deserve handouts. this has sparked a lot of discussion about the government's role in our lives. are too many americans including the middle class dependent on government tough make their lives better? hassan: i want that family to do more than wonder when they get in the morning. i want them to be able to go to...
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repeatedly stated by both of them that an iranian nuclear weapons would be unacceptable and of course there have been statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines. now, that would not necessarily have to be a problem, given that there is no indication to date, as our intelligence agencies tell us, that i ran has planned so far to build a nuclear weapons. but certain aspects of their nuclear program including the enrichment of uranium, have come to the perceived in the debate is having an acceptability of their own and of course the israeli prime minister talks about this constantly and about so-called red lines and so forth. now avoiding having the situation turn into a disaster for whoever's administration it is, is a problem mainly of political constraints here in this country rather than any lack of negotiating space between iran and the p5+1 negotiating group with the united states as part of. you would have to have an agreement, and allowing up some risk probably no more than 5% level. the outline of an agreement are pretty clear. they would involve tradi
repeatedly stated by both of them that an iranian nuclear weapons would be unacceptable and of course there have been statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines. now, that would not necessarily have to be a problem, given that there is no indication to date, as our intelligence agencies tell us, that i ran has planned so far to build a nuclear weapons. but certain aspects of their nuclear program including the enrichment of uranium, have come to the perceived in the...
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i wanted to know if you guys can expand on the relationship with latin america and have both candidates are going to tackle for instance free trade agreements. >> well, if i could, governor romney has talked a lot about it. again, this is actually a case where we know a concrete issue. governor romney from the very beginning in favor of getting that free trade agreement with columbia through congress. the previous administration, he was pushing and pushing, you know, similar arrangements with other latin american countries. this semester mission delayed three years and finally approving a free-trade agreement with an extremely important ally of ours. it makes no sense. >> first of all, the a master's and has been very energetic and forthright and ellen american context, the trans-pacific partnership, an issue that involves the west, but america and eastern part of asia. a remarkable initiative that will lead to expansion of free trade and throughout the area. colombian free trade pact and the other two free paper -- free-trade pacts have all kinds of difficulties in congress. the admini
i wanted to know if you guys can expand on the relationship with latin america and have both candidates are going to tackle for instance free trade agreements. >> well, if i could, governor romney has talked a lot about it. again, this is actually a case where we know a concrete issue. governor romney from the very beginning in favor of getting that free trade agreement with columbia through congress. the previous administration, he was pushing and pushing, you know, similar arrangements...
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>> caller: well, both. >> host: okay. so -- >> caller: because if you're -- an act of terrorism, yes, is, you know, frightening. >> host: yeah. so that's why you've decided to vote for governor romney. >> caller: well, but the very fact that the president and the administration could go out and lie to the american people knowing what happened, um, i just feel outraged. and, you know, slowly became more outraged. >> host: emily, why do you think the watergate has stuck with you all these years in the cover-up? >> caller: well, because i grew up during watergate. >> host: yes. >> caller: and i saw nixon doing this, and i didn't care, you know, one way or another about nixon. what i cared about was lying. >> host: okay. all right. let's hear from robert in laurel, maryland. decided to support gary johnson. when did you make that decision, robert? >> caller: good morning, greta. thank you, c-span. last night when i watched the third party debate, gary johnson's prohibition on drugs, me being an african-american considered a s
>> caller: well, both. >> host: okay. so -- >> caller: because if you're -- an act of terrorism, yes, is, you know, frightening. >> host: yeah. so that's why you've decided to vote for governor romney. >> caller: well, but the very fact that the president and the administration could go out and lie to the american people knowing what happened, um, i just feel outraged. and, you know, slowly became more outraged. >> host: emily, why do you think the watergate...
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can't have it both ways. from "politico" this morning, obama widens lead over romney among independents. and the current head-to-head raise across the country has the president at 48% and mitt romney at 39%. again that's a "politico". here is a "huffington post" article. rick santorum trails mitt romney in pennsylvania poll says. there's the headline. very quickly, if rick santorum is tying his fate, the fate of his presidential campaign to his performance in the upcoming primary in his native pennsylvania his candidacy may be in big trouble. a new survey of pennsylvania republicans out by public policy polling wednesday night has the former senator trailing mitt romney in his home state 42% to 37%. and mitt romney will be in pennsylvania today, talking about energy, that will be live on c-span at 2:45 p.m. eastern time. that comes right after our 2:00 p.m. live from the white house where the president signs the jobs act. one more political article. santorum taking four-daybreak from the campaign trail. this
can't have it both ways. from "politico" this morning, obama widens lead over romney among independents. and the current head-to-head raise across the country has the president at 48% and mitt romney at 39%. again that's a "politico". here is a "huffington post" article. rick santorum trails mitt romney in pennsylvania poll says. there's the headline. very quickly, if rick santorum is tying his fate, the fate of his presidential campaign to his performance in the...
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this election is going to be over before you find out from mitt romney or jon huntsman who their super pack is, who gave them money, and how much. they had a trick in the law that they both followed to -- hide that fact, and under my conditions, it's 24-48 hours. in the age of the internet, we can do that. that's the six points, all constitutional, and the government can do it now. i would make it house bill one and veto all bills that came to me until we passed a version of that. i will listen, play poker if that's what it takes, listen to the ball game, go to garden parties, full time, but we'll pass campaign reform and turn this country around. [applause] >> time for one more question. >> [inaudible] >> pipeline's much safer. it's common sense to me. go ahead. >> [inaudible] >> yeah. >> [inaudible] >> i think that -- >> the earthquake, for example, in ohio -- [inaudible] it's a controversial issue. >> e agree with you completely, and if you get on my website, i have 17 points as why we need energy independence. i'm a natural gas guy. it's clean, it's 20% of the carbon footprint of o
this election is going to be over before you find out from mitt romney or jon huntsman who their super pack is, who gave them money, and how much. they had a trick in the law that they both followed to -- hide that fact, and under my conditions, it's 24-48 hours. in the age of the internet, we can do that. that's the six points, all constitutional, and the government can do it now. i would make it house bill one and veto all bills that came to me until we passed a version of that. i will...
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both the president obama and mr. romney recognize the threat that iran poses. the issue is where do you go from there? fine, it's your priority. how do you deal with it quacks it's no good to say -- deal with it? it's no good to say what he would've said seven years ago, six years ago. that is not a prescription for the future. we keep looking back, the real issue is how do you get the iranians to stop enrichment? if you wait until there a month away or six weeks away and then so i'm going to rely on my intelligence, i repeat, our intelligence doesn't allow us to pick up your the good guys and bad guys in syria. our intelligence didn't tell us that, well, actually they did tell us that is going to be trouble in libya and egypt, but we ignored the intelligence. and there's a hearing today about it. pat kennedy is testifying about it. so even if we get the intelligence, that doesn't mean we will pay attention to it. how far do you want to risk that? what mr. rahman is saying is i don't want to take that kind of risk. i
both the president obama and mr. romney recognize the threat that iran poses. the issue is where do you go from there? fine, it's your priority. how do you deal with it quacks it's no good to say -- deal with it? it's no good to say what he would've said seven years ago, six years ago. that is not a prescription for the future. we keep looking back, the real issue is how do you get the iranians to stop enrichment? if you wait until there a month away or six weeks away and then so i'm going to...
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you were both with us in june at the train to conference and both president obama and governor romney. before the constituency elected and appointed officials. in fact, there only two conferences this summer at which both candidates appeared, naleo and the veteran of foreign affairs. how have campaigns evolved? since we both had a number of conversations in june, here we are to ask him the election. how have these about respect to latinos? >> i think president obama's campaign has done historically well with latinos. the way his campaign has evolved is exactly the way i would hope that it would have. that's why you're seeing him expanding his support among latinos to be more than 70%, which is incredibly historic. i was in my car the other day and i heard the ad where he is speaking totally in spanish for 30 seconds. and i thought it was a brilliant ad. he speaks very well. my daughter, [speaking in spanish] she was so excited and just wanted to continue to hear it over and over again. i had to pull it up online and have her listen to it. >> that would be child abuse. >> she was enjoy
you were both with us in june at the train to conference and both president obama and governor romney. before the constituency elected and appointed officials. in fact, there only two conferences this summer at which both candidates appeared, naleo and the veteran of foreign affairs. how have campaigns evolved? since we both had a number of conversations in june, here we are to ask him the election. how have these about respect to latinos? >> i think president obama's campaign has done...
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are washington insiders who can't fix the problem so of an outsider like romney can. when you look at the continuum come to think nothing ever changes in american politics. the arguments are exactly the same. but in a way i think when i looked at those ads of the daisy ad in particular, the early ones, they were so much more inventive than. one of the things that mccarthy's ad does, as far as a negative ad maker, relatively predictable narrative basically. the imagery is not that exciting. it's just basically a wall. one big slap to the job. >> in your article you also, i was very interested, kind of just a normal guy. he doesn't seem to have, tell us all the more about him. >> i was expecting him you never know what you'll find when you started your profile of someone, and i was expecting kind of dr. evil, a hater and someone you rebels in anger. i called them up and i said, so what do you like what he is just a great guy, he is so funny. really delightful company. you would never know. i can see making millions, that he lives posh someplace. no, he lives in the subu
are washington insiders who can't fix the problem so of an outsider like romney can. when you look at the continuum come to think nothing ever changes in american politics. the arguments are exactly the same. but in a way i think when i looked at those ads of the daisy ad in particular, the early ones, they were so much more inventive than. one of the things that mccarthy's ad does, as far as a negative ad maker, relatively predictable narrative basically. the imagery is not that exciting. it's...
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i think we also have to begin the discussion with the fact that what has been said by both mitt romney and paul ryan and all of the republicans is that the affordable care act hurt medicare is also a nonstarter for us. -- they know the reality is. one, the republicans and paul ryans use the same $700 billion in cuts to insurance company and providers in their budget. and in fact, what we have done and since did put yourself on a path toward greater solve sei in medicare, containing the rate of growth and cost in medicare to improve delivery system reforms. so if we can start with the discussion of how can we best reduce the cost in medicare. which is through delivery system reforms twhab is important to all of us. that can have an effect on the private sector and reducing costs for health coverage for all americans. it's got start with a different premise. we are far apart in the premise. and republicans, way have been republicans in congress walked away from the original vote for the ryan budget. then they voted again and many of them have embraced the notion ha what we should do is e
i think we also have to begin the discussion with the fact that what has been said by both mitt romney and paul ryan and all of the republicans is that the affordable care act hurt medicare is also a nonstarter for us. -- they know the reality is. one, the republicans and paul ryans use the same $700 billion in cuts to insurance company and providers in their budget. and in fact, what we have done and since did put yourself on a path toward greater solve sei in medicare, containing the rate of...
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both president obama and mr. romney recognize the threat that iran poses the issue is where do you go from there. finance your priority. how do you deal with it? it's no good to say what president george w. bush may or may not have done for eight years ago, seven years ago, six years ago that is not a prescription for the future. you keep looking back you will get. the real issue is how do you get to the iranians to stop in richmond. if you wait until they are on the way or six weeks away and then say i'm going to rely on our intelligence doesn't allow us to take out who are the good guys and the bad guys and syria. our intelligence doesn't tell us what will but we ignore the intelligence. so even if we get the intelligence that doesn't mean we are not going to pay attention to it. how far do you want to risk that? mr. romney is saying i don't want to take that kind of risk. i share with the president the concern about iran getting a nuclear weapon, but i'm going to go back to preventing that in a very different
both president obama and mr. romney recognize the threat that iran poses the issue is where do you go from there. finance your priority. how do you deal with it? it's no good to say what president george w. bush may or may not have done for eight years ago, seven years ago, six years ago that is not a prescription for the future. you keep looking back you will get. the real issue is how do you get to the iranians to stop in richmond. if you wait until they are on the way or six weeks away and...
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the candidates in illinois, both rick santorum and mitt romney and president obama as a matter of fact. he's speaking now in chicago and that's live on our companion network, c-span. rounding out the month, louisiana on the 24th and then into april with primaries in the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin. and a reminder, too, that you can make c-span.org your clearinghouse for all sorts of video and campaign speeches, the candidate positions and social media as well, all of that at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> our system is fundamentally undemocratic in a number of ways. one of the ways is closed primaries. so in half the states in the country, 40% of all the voters can't participate in the primaries. and so they had no say in who get nominated. and as a result, we get more and more extreme candidates on both ends of the spectrum. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "after words," linda killian writes in the swing vote that the most powerful electorate bloc in the u.s. are independent voters and they decided every election since world war ii. also this weekend on booktv, sat
the candidates in illinois, both rick santorum and mitt romney and president obama as a matter of fact. he's speaking now in chicago and that's live on our companion network, c-span. rounding out the month, louisiana on the 24th and then into april with primaries in the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin. and a reminder, too, that you can make c-span.org your clearinghouse for all sorts of video and campaign speeches, the candidate positions and social media as well, all of that at...
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debate the case, that's what it's both before mitt romney and the republicans against president obama. every four years, i dutifully accept invitations to debate prominent liberals and democrats because a republican candidate before jewish audiences, and so pathetic scene -- [laughter] i have a record, unmatched record of failure is -- [laughter] at this effort from 1984 on. i won't even really try bigger all the dosage of primate of your mind, 98% of you, i'm sure they're very thank you -- that i very few undecided voters. and 96 i debated leonard son, distinguished jewish journalist but i think he was editor of moment magazine at the seminary in new york. and i remember that because the moderator was a woman before he walked on the stage, about 500 people there, i said is probably a pretty liberal crowd, clinton against dole, the height of oslo, prime minister rabin had been a sassy. clinton was very good friend official. dole had no particular affiliation. he was a close to the jewish committee, and i'm reminiscing before and walked out on stage, i imagine this audience is probably
debate the case, that's what it's both before mitt romney and the republicans against president obama. every four years, i dutifully accept invitations to debate prominent liberals and democrats because a republican candidate before jewish audiences, and so pathetic scene -- [laughter] i have a record, unmatched record of failure is -- [laughter] at this effort from 1984 on. i won't even really try bigger all the dosage of primate of your mind, 98% of you, i'm sure they're very thank you --...